Tag: Tree planting
NCF, Keystone Bank partner on tree planting
The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) and Keystone Bank are collaborating to plant 100 fruit trees to raise awareness on the…
Why Jigawa plans production of more tree seedlings
The Jigawa Government said it would improve its plants nursery centres to enhance production of quality tree seedlings.
Environmentalist calls for more tree planting
An environmentalist, Mr Emmanuel Emechete, has called for the planting of more trees in the country to balance the ecosystem.
1 million people mobilized for tree planting in Kaduna
Aid Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation, says it has concluded plans to mobilise one million people to plant 300,000 trees in…
How tree planting can tackle climate change challenge
An Environmentalist, Mr Muhtari Amino-Kano, has described planting of trees as the only way to curb the effect of climate…
Prince Harry spotted planting trees during visit to Botswana
Britain’s Prince Harry on Thursday kicked off a visit to Botswana, travelling solo while his wife Meghan Markle and their…
Pollution: Nigerians tasked on tree planting
The European Union, Oxfam and other NGO’s on Friday urged Nigerians to imbibe the culture of tree planting in their…
NEMA calls for tree planting in South-East
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called on residents of South East to imbibe the culture of tree planting…
Climate Change: Lagos, traditional ruler charge residents on Tree Planting
The Lagos State Government and a traditional ruler in the state have charged residents to cultivate the habit of tree…
Amuwo LG chairman tasks residents on tree planting
Mr. Valentine Buraimoh, Chairman, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Council of Lagos State has urged residents to plant trees, for a…
2018: Nasarawa to plant over 20,000 trees
Nasararwa State Government has purchased more than 20,000 assorted trees seedling for planting to check environmental degradation in the state.
Lagos residents urged to plant trees
The Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) has advised residents of the state to embrace the culture of planting…
Taraba Govt. urges residents to plant trees
Mr Julius Butu, the Executive Secretary, Taraba Environmental Protection Agency (TEPA) on Friday urged the people of the state to…
Yobe Govt. places N1,000 price on every tree planted
Yobe government says it has placed a price tag of N1,000 on every tree planted in the state in its…
Zakkat Commission urges people to boost revenue via economic tree planting
The Sokoto State Zakkat and Endowment Commission, on Monday urged people of the state to plant economic trees to boost…
European Union plants 4.5m trees in Katsina State
About 4.54 million trees have been planted and maintained in Katsina State under the Improved Fuel Wood Balance project supported…
Nigerians urged to embrace tree planting
Some environmental activists on Thursday called on Nigerians to embrace the practice of tree planting to stop deforestation, caused by…
Kaduna State plants 3.7m trees in 2 years
Kaduna State Government says it has so far planted 3,702,470 trees over the last two years in various locations as…
Desertification: Jigawa Govt. Plants 5m trees
The Jigawa Government says it has planted five million tress to tackle desertification across the state.
European Union plants 736 trees in Daura LG
The International Centre for Energy and Environmental Development (ICEED) has planted 736 varieties of trees across the 11 wards in…
NGO to use tree planting campaign for peace building
A Former Special Adviser to former president Goodluck Jonathan on Aviation, Ms Ann Ene-Ita, has stressed the importance of tree…
Why we should plant trees – LASU VC
Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), on Friday urged Nigerians to help preserve the environment by planting trees.
Tree planting: Cut 1, plant 5, Commissioner warns residents
The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Samuel Adejare, on Friday warned residents of the state that anyone caught…
Kogi Govt Seeks Residents’ Support In Tree Planting
The Kogi Government has appealed to the people of the state and other relevant stakeholders to support the state’s afforestation…
LAWMA encourages Lagosians to plant trees within their premises
The managing director of Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, Mr. Ola Oresanya, has said that residents of the state would…
Council boss charges residents to plant trees
The Executive Secretary, Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State, Prince Adetoyese Olusi has called on residents of the…
LASPARK unveils 5-year plan for Tree Planting
The Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) on Wednesday said it had developed a five-year master plan for tree…
Philippines ‘breaks world tree-planting record’
Philippine officials said Saturday they had set a new world record for the most trees planted in an hour, with…
Six Years Of Greening Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga All over the world, wherever one goes, one will observe that cities and countries are embarking on massive…
Life Is Better With Trees
By Rasak Musbau As we commemorated this year’s tree planting day on Monday, July 14, with the theme: ‘Life is…